Police, weapons involved in $5 robbery

Police were trying to locate a man in the 260 block of West Third Street who is believed to have stolen $5 from a person in the parking lot of the Park Avenue West Drive Thru.(Photo: Kaitlin Durbin/News Journal)Buy Photo

MANSFIELD – Police temporarily blocked off a section of West Third Street today while looking for a suspect reported to have stolen $5 from a man at the Park Avenue Drive Thru.

Information on why the robbery took place is still unclear, but a witness who saw the scuffle told police that he followed the suspect to a home in the 260 block of West Third Street before he disappeared, Mansfield Police Lt. Doug Noblet said.

The witness did not see the man enter the home, Noblet said.

The suspect was described as wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts, Noblet said.

No weapon was seen during the robbery, according to the witness, but Noblet said they believe one was threatened.

While knocking on the door of the West Third Street home, officers had weapons drawn, including what appeared to be a rifle.

Noblet said the move was a precaution after a records check of the home showed a history of firearms at the residence.